Game apparatus.



I. P. STILL.

GAME APPARATUS.

APPLIoATIoN HLBDVooT. 29. 1914.

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' GAME APPARATUS.

Application iiledy October 29, 1914.l Seria1No.i869,230. y

T0 all whom it may concern.' v

Be it known that I, ISAAC FRANKLIN STILL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Ossining, in the county of Westchester andState'of New York, have -1nvented certain new and useful Improvements inGame Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescrlption.

My invention has for its object to provide an apparatus with which maybe played va game which will not only interest the playersbut which willinstruct them as to geographic divisions and. localities and theprincipal products which are produced 1n the said localities. y

Additional objects of the vinvention will appear in the following s'ecificatlon .1n which the preferredform o my mventlon is disclosed. v

In the drawings similar reference characters refer to similar parts inall the views in which Figure 1 is a fragmenta plan View of the boardwhichis used 1n playing the game and showing the positions of the cardsrepresenting the commodities; F1g. 2 is a plan view showing two of theplaying cards; andV Fig. 3 is a plan view showing two of the cardsrepresenting the commodities.

By referring to the drawings it will be seen that for playing my game, Iprovide a board 5 havin a map 6 printed thereon.

The map shown 1s that of the United States' with the divisions of theStates clearly inf dicated. A pack of cards which 4are referred to asthe commodity cards, are placed in position as shown in Fig. 1 of thedrawings. Each of these cards which are shown in Fig. 3 of the drawingshas printed thereon the name of a State or locality, thev name of acommodity which the card represents and the words indicating the bestmethod of shipping the commodity and the cost of the shipment. I preferto provide a pack of ninety-six of these cards, the name of each Statebeing printed on two of the cards, and of each two cards having a nameof a State printed thereon, one is referred to as the express packagecard, and the other is referred to as the parcel post package card; forinstance, the'two cards shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings have the name ofthe State Minnesota printed at their top at 7. One of these cards hasprinted thereon One Specication of Letters Batent.

' Patented Mar.` 16, 1915.

' load of lumber at 8 and below these words there are printed the wordsBy express at 9 indicating that the load of lumberis to besent byexpress. .'Below at 10 there are ce figures printed tol indicate thatthe cost-of the shipment by express, will be v On-l the other card thecommodity referred to at 11 is One sack of flour underneath which thereare printed the words By parcel e5 post at 12 to indicate that-the sackof flour is to be shipped by parcel post, under which there' is printedthe cost 40% at13. This will indicate that vthe cost of the shipmentwill be 40. e In .a similar way the other 7o cards in the commodity packof cards are printed, two being used for each State vand one an expresscard and the other a parcel post card. v

There is a second pack in Fig. 2 of the drawings. These cards arereferred to as the playing cards, and each has an order for one of theproducts or commodities referred to on the cards which-are 8o show theltwo playing cards having the State 85 Minnesota indicated thereon. Oneof these cards 14 has printed thereon an order for one sack of Hour tobe shipped from Minnesota, and underneath there is printed the method ofshipment, which is parcel post. 90

Below there are figures to indicate the cost of the shipment which is4095. The other card 15 has printed thereon an order lfor one load oflumber from Minnesota, underneath which there Ais printed the words Byexpress, indicating the method of shipment and under this there areprinted figures to indicate the cost of the shipment which, isv 85.

When the cards in the lfirst pack have 100 been placed overthe States orlocalities of the map 6 in the manner described, the sec-l ond pack ofcards is dealt out, the dealer dealing two or three cards at a timeuntil each player has six. The player to the left .105

of the dealer then calls for a product or commodity of any State whichis referred to in any playing card which he may hold, the player at thesame time being careful to state the method of shipment which is also110 indicated on the card which he holds. The

player to the left of the player who has orof cards, two of 7,5 thecards of this second pack being shown commodity andhands it to theplayer who has given the order, receiving in return the .card held bythe player givlng the order which refers to the commodity. At the end ofeach hand each player adds up the amount indicated on. the cards whichhe has paid for the packages received, and at the end of the game theplayer who has received his packages for'the least -money is the winner.A

Having thus described my invention l claim as new and desineto secure byLetters Patent z in a game apparatus, a map having marks thereonindicating localities, a pack of cards, each card having marks thereon.indinieafioa eating the name of a locality shown on the map at which itis normally disposed, the name of a product of that locality togetherwith marks indicating the best method and the cost f shipping thecommodity, and a second pack of cards, each card of the second packhaving indicated thereon an order for a product referred to on one ofthe cards of the iirst pack with the name of the locality where it maybe obtained and the best method and cost of shi ment.

lin testimony whereof llave signed my nameto this spe cation in thepresence of the two undersi ed witneses. f

.ienne rnnnmirn srmn Witnesses:

lEvnnAnn B, M'Ansnnm., t t Pnmn D. Romans.

